The Penn's Grove record., 1887-11-19

French, aged z, had a quarrel in wet-
ton, Massachusetts on the 14th. Mel
son threw q stone which struck French
In the neck, severing the jugular vein,
and causing him to bleed to death. AT
Wlckes, Montana, on the evening of
the l4th. q Finlander, whose name was
not known, shot and killed John Ed,
and dangerously wounded John Ian.
burg. The Finlander then killed him
sell. He Is thought to have been
insane, as he had no trouble with the
men be shot. A fight occurred near
Hemphill, Texas, or the evening of tie
18th, between a Sheriff's posse and
Willis Connors, an outlaw, resulting in
the death of Connors and his ten-year-
old grandson. Connors was the father
OF nine sons, eight of whom are said to
have been killed during the past Ave
years in fights with officers. At St.
Joseph, Louisiana, on the morning of
the l4th, G. Blum and Charles Favor
quarrelled, and the latter fired twice at
Blum, but missed his aim. He then
rode of. Stopping at a school house Re
called out his sister Belle and fired two
shots at her. but without effect. BY
this time a Sherif's rosse was in pur-
suit. and Favor, seeing himself about
to be oyertaken, fired into the crowd
and then fatally wounded himself in
the breast.
"A freight engine on the New
York Central Railroad exploded neal
Palatine Bridge, New York, on the
morning of the 18th. Fireman Stein
graves was thrown twenty-five feet
into the air and killed, and Engineer
Mitchell was dangerously injured. A
freight train on the Chicago, Burling.
ton end Quincy Railroad dashed into a
wagon, near Orion, Illinois, on thu
l4th. The vehicle contained three
children of II. Shut, Ida, aged II
years. was killed; Willie, aged 10, IA
tally, and Oscar, aged IA, severely IN
Jured. Both horses were killed. A
disaster occurred on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, near Tyrone. on the morning
OF the 18th, by which thirteen cars
loaded with Chicago beef were
wrecked. The company loses about
$4,000. Edward Cullen was danger
ously injured while experimenting tine
work OF clearing up the wreck.
"A derrick in Putnam's quarry, at
Viewpoint, ten miles east OF Green's
burg, Indiana, fell on the 18th, killing
John Davis and Joseph Naper.
The richest gold mine ever known
is reported to have been discovered
about ten miles from Prescott. Arizona.
The ore is said to average $1,000 per
ton, "and thousands of tons are In
sight"
"A telegram from Newark, New
Jersey, says mi of the boilers in Hell
Ter Bros. blast furnaces, at Woodside,
on the line of the Greenwood Lake
Railroad, exploded on the morning of
the 18th, killing Thos. Proud, aged 60
years, and iDjuring Wellington Cord,
Albert Buchanan and John Bernard.
Fire followed the explosion and de-
stroyed the building, causing a loss of
$4,000. The boiler had recently been
inspected and pronounced sound. A
boiler in the Belleville Steel Works In
Paterson, New Jersey, exploded on the
10th. Two men were badly shaken up
but not dangerously hurt. The build
ing caught fire and a loss Of, SIS, 900 re.
suited.
Judge 2. W. Bunce reached the
age of 100 on the 18th, and was ten
dered a reception by the leading citi-
zens of Port Huron, Michigan. He
was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
His family were the owners of the farm
ON which stood the famous Charter
Oak. Judge Bunce was a member of
the territorial Legislature from 1921 to
1924, and Judge of the Circuit Court
from 1884 to l849. "His mind is clear
'ctive, and his muscles as strong
firm as those of most men of 81
s. Judge Bunce was not at any
Ga total abstainer, and still smokes
pc"
he house Of Inspector Anderson,
~faDgeville. Ontario, was again
ked by a dynamite bomb, ON the
Ing of the 18th, His wife, who was
e in the house, received a severe
ok, and anderson, who had Just left
hou e, was stunned. A note was
md tackled to the fence, warning him
desist from his efforts to enforce the
ohibition law. .'Several Oraneeville
otel keepers have been fined for yio-
Ating the law during the past week
nd it is a o able coincidence tina,
dynamite explosions always occur after
liquor men have been lined for breaking
the law. Intense excitement prevail
in the town. This is the sixth dyna-
mite explosion that has occurred in
Orangevilie in two years. !
Thomas j. Bowen, so years of age,
a well-known contractor, of Whining
ton, was killed on the 18th, at Kirk
wood, Delaware, by the accidental dis
charge of a gun.
The Danish bark Gerson, from
Copenhagen, has arrived at st. Thomas, |
with five of the crew of the Swedish !
bark Augusta, which foundered at sea.
"A bomb was exploded in the Iowa
Iron Works, in Dubuque, Iowa, on the |
evening Of tho 14th. Fortunately the
explosion wa all In n direction, away |
from the men at work. The bomb
was made of inch and a half gas pipe |
about two feet long. The pipe was
split in several pieces. 1t is supposed
it was thrown through all open win !
dow. The company has had no trou-
BILE with its men.
EARLY in October Senior Barred, a
wealthy raneher Of Starr county, |
Texas, was captured by bandits ard
into Mexico, where he was
robbed of $3.50, and had to pay ransom
OF $500 to get his release. On the
l4Jh three of the bandits were captured |
by the Mexican police.
John II. Schreiner, of Phlladel.
phia. late Secretary of the American
National Telephone Company, in New
York. was arrested on the 10th, charged
by the President of the company with
applying the proceeds OF stock sales t.
uses. He was admitted to
bail.